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If you happened to catch The Insider on television last night, you might have seen Match.com’s relationship expert Whitney Casey giving the rundown on why some celebrities have chosen to dabble in online dating- Match.com especially! You can see the clip below:

Would you date a celebrity if they turned out to be an online match? Tell us in the comments below!

David: I was first interested in Meg when I came across her cute pictures and intriguing profile on match.com last summer.

Meg: Any ladies that have tried online dating can relate when I say that it is a bit overwhelming. There are lots of guys out there, but every once in a while someone’s email will catch your eye. Last July, I got an email from David. It was short and sweet, but enough to get me to look at his profile. So, the conversation started… Read more…

You and your match are well past the first date and have championed through the middle stage of getting comfortable with one another, and things are starting to get serious. We like to call this the “getting to love you” phase, and it is full of touchy subjects like discussing finances, moving in together, and of course, walking down the aisle. Based on our findings from the Singles in America study and this dating timeline, we asked singles to weigh in on these relationship firsts. Check out when they think these more serious dating and relationship monuments should occur below.

So you’re past the first date, and you and your match are moving right along into what we at Match.com like to call the “getting to like you” phase. Based on our findings from the Singles in America study, we put together this dating timeline comprised of all the relationship “firsts” and asked singles to weigh in on the results! Check out when they think these dating and relationship monuments should occur below.

How soon should you call after a first date? When should your date meet the family? Everyone loves to compare notes on what’s normal when it comes to timing, but we’ve finally crunched the numbers to reveal timing norms and outliers on dating firsts! Pulled from our Singles in America data, we uncovered what singles deem as the right timing for dating monuments- everything from when to friend your date on Facebook, when to bring up ex’s (if ever!), to when to meet between the sheets. Just like real relationships, however, nothing is set in stone! As you’ll see in the video below, most singles have varying answers to when such events should occur in the relationship. Check out our findings and what singles said below!

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Singles on the first (and as some may argue, the most important) part of a relationship– the start!

I don’t even know where to begin! Never been so happy with someone that I’m STILL in awe! January 4th! I had an amazing man show up on my list of people Match suggested to me as people I might be interested in. So I clicked “yes” to Adam. Read more…

Most people don’t even know that Adam and I met online because we both were actually attending the same school. We both were law students at the University of Dayton School of Law, but he was in the class ahead of me and I had never met him. Read more…

Kiss me, I’m… from LA? We asked singles around the country about their love lives this past year, and found Irishmen weren’t the only ones with lucky charms in their pockets! Here are the cities that were luckiest in love in 2011, based on our Singles in America study: Read more…